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Another thrilla in Athena

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... sub-plot. And here, it is, right on cue. Australian Financial Review (AFR) columnist, Karen Maley, does a Michael Jackson: "It's close to midnight and something evil's lurking in the dark..." Karen argues that Greek PM Tsipras hopes that a deal would ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... provider for the NBA. LONDON - European stocks have risen, with Greek shares soaring on optimism that Athens was finally close to a deal with its creditors before the IMF announced they were still "well away" from an agreement. Athens' main index had ...

Game theory theorises no Grexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... today... and collect the windfall tomorrow. Speculations of rumours of gossips that a Greco-'the institutions' deal was close to being hammered sent the Athens SE General index soaring up by 8.2% at the close of their trading day... and the yield on ...

Australia bottom of the class for portfolio disclosure

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... countries (expanded to 29 for the published article) across North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. The biannual report takes a close look at portfolio disclosure practices. The study found that Australia is the only market not to have some form of ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... 20,046.36, while Seoul shed 0.62 per cent, or 12.71 points, to 2,051.32. Hong Kong lost 1.12 per cent, or 301.88 points, to close at 26,687.64. Shanghai closed down 0.15 per cent, giving up 7.50 points to 5,106.04 after MSCI delayed including Chinese ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... debt talks, while HSBC bank slid on revelations of a radical overhaul. Frankfurt's DAX 30 index dropped 0.58 per cent to close at 11,001.29 points on Tuesday and the CAC 40 in Paris reversed 0.15 per cent to 4,850.22 points., London's benchmark FTSE ...

FEATURE: Defending wealth

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... that places too much emphasis on risky assets. "I think our retirement system," he says, "particularly for members who are close to and in retirement, is very considerably overexposed to equities. "The problem you get is that you expose yourself to what ...

New kid on the block

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... was published on 26 March this year... when the Shanghai composite index was at 3,682.09 points - 28% below yesterday's close of 5,131.88 points. For sure, if it's overvalued then, it's more overvalued now especially factoring in the backdrop of slowing ...

Australian stock market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... 1.18 per cent to 11,064.92 points. London's benchmark FTSE 100 slid 0.21 per cent to 6,790.04 points compared with Friday's close. The euro rose to $US1.1214 from $US1.1115 late on Friday in New York. Profit taking set in after the dollar had rallied ...

Bond investors warned not to overlook defence

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... portfolios from equity market shocks. With record low interest rates and the 30-year bond market bull rally coming to a close, returns in fixed income markets are becoming increasingly hard to find. That is why many fund managers have successfully marketed ...